EOS Rebel XS saying busy and won't take pictures

[mliz2486]

My camera worked fine the other day.  Now, it won't take pictures at all.  When I go to take a picture, it will act like it is focusing by flashing and such but it will never go through.  It always says busy.  I have tried all modes, and none will work not even without flash. 

I have also taken the battery out, taken the card out and reformatted it, and cleared all camera settings.  Can anyone help?  I have a newborn that I would really like to be able to capture. 🙂

Thank you ahead of time!

[tasetliff]

I discovered that the lense wasn't correcty inserted in the camera. You couldn't see anything to indicate a problem. A friend who have an EOS checked the camera and now it works find.

[NashvilleSuz]

Excellent. What a relief. Way to go! Now your solution can help others.

[hannahcbettis]

hi all,

I'm having the same issue on my rebel t3. it will sometimes not take a photo and says that it is 'busy' when I try to take the photo in auto modes. this doesn't happen all the time and this doesn't happen in similar lighting conditions. I'm using a tamron 18-270 on it now, but I've tried it with a 50mm and the 18-55 kit and that doesn't make a difference. please help! 

[NashvilleSuz]

Do you have a Class 10 card in the camera that has been formatted IN the camera?

[hannahcbettis]

hi, 

yes, I do have a fairly new Sandisk class 10 card that was formatted in camera. actually after formatting in camera that fixed my problem, but now there is a dot that will flash next to the max burst rate 9 when I press the shutter button. any idea what this is? 

thanks!

[bobbrohm114]

My fix to this problem was repair at $270, which was a new main board.  

[bobbrohm114]

I had same problem, I tried everything, including new memory card, new battery, format old memory card that had always worked before, no help. Finally i sent it off for repair, cost $270, problem was diagnosed as bad main board.

[NashvilleSuz]

Glad your camera is working again. Thanks for updating this thread so others can see your successful solution.

Check manual about burst rate light because I bet it's not just the camera saying "hello".

[NashvilleSuz]

You certainly did try all the cheap and easy fixes first.

Ouch. So sorry $$$$. It would seem that you now have a brand new camera that will serve you well for many years.

[ChrisMcArdle]

I had this same problem with my old film EOS Rebel camera and now am having it with the digital EOS Rebel SL1.  I despair.  I love this camera but after two years I get a busy signal and then slowly it stops working altogether.  Please elp.